Thirty former members of Congress signed an open letter to Washington, D.C., urging bold change. The letter, which appeared today in Roll Call, highlighted the need to move away from a campaign finance system that places such a high emphasis on dialing-for-dollars.

On Friday, former Rep. Tom Osborne (R-Neb.) joined former Reps. Marty Russo (D-Ill.) and Vic Fazio (D-Calif.) to discuss the amount of time members of Congress spend fundraising. They also highlighted support for the Fair Elections Now Act.

Big donors tell Speaker Pelosi (D-Calif.) that enough is enough - it's time to pass Fair Elections style campaign reform.

In July of this year, Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) stated his vehement dislike of fundraising at the U.S. House Administration Committee hearing for the Fair Elections Now Act (H.R. 1826). Methinks he doth protest too much.

Rep. Larson (D-Conn.) lambasts the dialing-for-dollars culture in Washington, D.C. and calls for the Fair Elections Now Act in The Huffington Post.

Common Cause President and former member of Congress Bob Edgar (D-Pa.) has a new op-ed in the Omaha World-Herald with fellow former member John J. Cavanaugh III (D-Neb.). Together they note that fund raising for congressional campaigns has spiraled out of control with the influx of big money.